Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
On behalf of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Poland, the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), and the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin, we are pleased to invite your students to participate in the third national edition of the competition for the best Bachelor’s (and Engineering), Master’s and Doctoral theses the field of forced displacement and/or refugee studies.
This initiative aims to raise public awareness in the field of forced displacement and to encourage research in this area, as well as to contribute to the development of actions aimed at improving the situation of refugees and forcibly displaced persons.
Students can submit their theses relating to the topic of forced displacement and/or refugee studies that was defended at any university in Poland, between 1 January 2022 and 31 October 2025. It should be submitted through the online form: Konkurs na najlepszą pracę dyplomową i doktorską (III edycja) (google.com) not later than on 31 December 2025 (23:59).
The first three places will be awarded prizes in the form of laptops. In addition, the winners will receive promotion in academic and local media, as well as the opportunity to present an abstract of their work in a detailed competition report published in the scientific journals of KUL and UMCS.
We also invite you to read the details of the competition on the organisers’ websites:
– UMCS – LINK
– KUL – LINK
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Dr. Marta Szczepanik – UNHCR
Dr. Agnieszka Parol – KUL
Dr. Nadia Gergało-Dąbek – UMCS
